JASC 6700
Service difficulty reports · 317
Reports filed under 6700 · Rotorcraft Flight Control, newest first.
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '6700' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
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SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '6700' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR QR9R20220729001Actuator · bentAFTER RECEIPT OF TRIM ACTUATOR FROM SUPPLY AND UPON REMOVAL FROM BOX, MAINTENANCE DETECTED THE TRIM ACTUATOR MOUNTING FLANGE WAS BENT.SDR QR9R20220329001Actuator · failedYAW ACTUATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED AFCS CONNECTOR PIN 17 28 VOLT SIGNAL NOT PRESENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED YAW SEMA IAW AMM 67-20-00, 4-8 & 4-14.SDR QR9R20220310001Actuator · failedAP TEST FAILURE ON YAW. TROUBLESHOOTING BY MAINTENANCE RESULTED IN 5 ADDITIONAL FAILURES. REMOVED AND REPLACED YAW TRIM ACTUATOR; MOC SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED IAW AMM 67-14-00, 4-1.SDR 2022FA0000093None · fracturedDURING AIRCRAFT RUN, AND RELEASE OF PARKING BRAKE, PILOT'S RIGHT YAW PEDAL STUD BROKE WHICH AFFIXES THE BRAKE CYLINDER TO THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY, WHICH LED TO THE INABILITY FOR THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO USE THE THE RIGHT BRAKE. THE PILOT SECOND IN COMMAND APPLIED BSDR QR9R20211227004None · illuminatedDURING RUN-UP, AP1 AND TRIM FAIL AUTOPILOT TEST. T/F EVAL: CYCLIC BEEP TRIM OPERATES ONLY IN LATERAL DIRECTIONS (LEFT AND RIGHT); CYCLIC WILL NOT BEEP LONGITUDINALLY (FORE/AFT). DISCREPANCY IS PRESENT AT BOTH PILOT AND COPILOT CYCLIC CONTROLS. AUTOPILOT SYSTEMSDR 2021FA0000223Shaft · brokenFORWARD LCT FAILURE- THREADED PORTION OF THE 4TH STAGE GEARSHAFT IS FRACTURED/SEPARATED THEN FOUND STUCK INSIDE TUBE COUPLING NUTSDR QR9R20210322001Hook And Loop · failedTHE BELLOWS HAS BEEN FOUND TO SHRINK AFTER PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME DUE TO HEAT. THIS CAUSES THE BELLOWS VELCRO TO BREAK LOOSE FROM FLOOR ATTACHMENT.SDR CA190712013Rod End · loose(CAN) UPON ROUTINE INSPECTION THE COLLECTIVE TUBE ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND TO HAVE LOOSE ROD ENDS. THIS PART HAS A 4800HR FINITE LIFE, CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF ITS LIFE USED. THE ROD ENDS ARE NOT ADJUSTABLE, AND ARE BONDED/STAKED INTO POSITION. THE BONDING HASSDR CA190704013Lock Pin · inoperative(CAN) WE RECENTLY BOUGHT AND INSTALLED THE DART TAIL ROTOR PEDAL LOCK OUT KIT IN OUR BELL 206L AND 407.. YESTERDAY, IN FLIGHT THE PASSENGER TOUCHED THE AFT END OF THE ROD (FIG 3.2 OF DART INN-D119-827) AND IT POPPED OF THE LOCK PIN ALLOWING THE PEDAL TO FALL FSDR CA190423019Bearing · seized(CAN) FOLLOWING A REPORT OF THE COLLECTIVE JAMMING DURING TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT AND ENGINE CONTROLS WERE INSPECTED. THERE WAS NO FAULT FOUND AT FIRST. THE HYDRAULIC CART WAS CONNECTED TO THE AIRCRAFT SERVOS AND THE COLLECTIVE WAS CYCLED UP AND DOWN MULTSDR CA190305014Bearing · worn(CAN) BEARING FOUND LOOSE IN BELL CRANK DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION. BEARING REPLACED.SDR QMLA2018121318133Ball End · wornTAIL ROTOR BALL END AT TGB LEVER HAD FRICTION POINTS WHICH CAUSED STIFFNESS IN TAIL ROTOR PEDALS. REPLACED BALL END WITH NEW.SDR HEER201811165404Transducer · inoperativeDURING CRUISE, WHILE IN 3 CUE-GEAR PINNED-, AIRCRAFT YAWED LEFT AND ENGINE OUT LIGHT FLASHED FOR A SECOND. RETURNED TO HOUMA. SUSPECT COLLECTIVE PITCH TRANSDUCER.SDR 7AJA2018082001Friction Cup · dirtyPILOT EXPERIENCED LIMITED CONTROL MOVEMENT IN THE AFT-LEFT QUADRANT OF TRAVEL. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THE CYCLIC FRICTION CUPS WERE DIRTY AND CAUSING RESISTANCE TO MOVEMENT. CUPS WERE CLEANED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TSDR CHIA2018081063436Flt Controls · frozenDURING APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE THRUST LEVER FROZE, EVEN WHEN MAG BRAKE WAS RELEASED. PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND ACFT SAFELY . RETURNED TO BASE AND SHUTDOWN FOR INVESTIGATION. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING AND COULD NOT CONFIRM ISSUE. REMOVED AND REPLACED THRUST CCDSDR QMLA2018062981075Actuator · stuckPICKED UP THE HELICOPTER IN A HOVER FOR A MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT AND HOVERED OVER TO THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE RAMP AND TAXI WAY, CHECKED FLIGHT CONTROLS FOR NORMAL MOVEMENT AND THEN HOVERED TAXIED TO THE RUNWAY FOR A NORMAL DEPARTURE. MADE A LEFT TURN FORSDR QMLA2018051818060Bearing · defectivePILOT REPORTED, FELT TWO SEPARATE UNCOMMENTED INPUTS, DIPS, CYCLIC FWD IN FLIGHT. TURNED OFF THE AUTOPILOT AND THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT WAS NORMAL; OTHER THAN A RATCHETING OR STIFF CYCLIC. THE SPRING LINK ASSEMBLY FORWARD ROD END BEARING WAS FOUND TO BESDR 2018FA0000086Grip · crackedLOWER TANG LEADING EDGE HAS A CRACK EXTENDING THRU GRIP TANG TO BLADE BOLT BUSHING. FOUND DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION.SDR AC2R2016101802Control Tube · corrodedRIGHT CONTROL TUBE ASSEMBLY CORRODED. REPLACED THE CONTROL TUBE ASSEMBLY.SDR AC2R2016101801Control Tube · crackedLEFT CONTROL TUBE ASSEMBLY CRACKED NEAR ROD END. REPLACED THE CONTROL TUBE ASSEMBLY.SDR XJ2R201609120001Cylinder · leakingSERVO 214-076-146-101 REMOVED FOR EXTERNAL LEAKAGE FOR REPAIR, DISCOVERED UPPER CYLINDER CRACKED DURING TEST.SDR QMLA2016082116095Inverter · malfunctionedARRIVED AT SCENE WITH NO INCIDENT, SHUTDOWN, LOADED PATIENT AND DEPARTED, EN-ROUTE FOR DESTINATION, EXPERIENCED A FULL SAS FAILURE WITH BOTH SAS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND OSCILLATIONS OCCURRING. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED TO THE PROPER AIRSPEED IAW EMESDR QMLA2016071016073Bearing · corrodedWHILE TAKING OFF, THE RIGHT PEDAL BECAME INCREASINGLY HARDER TO MOVE AS POWER WAS APPLIED. AFTER LIFTING, ABORTED TAKEOFF. EXECUTED A NORMAL LEFT AND RIGHT PEDAL TURN, MEDIC STATED HE SMELLED SMOKE. RIGHT PEDAL FELT LIKE IT WAS BINDING WHEN APPLIED DURING PSDR CA160115009Bearing · corroded(CAN) WHEN REMOVING BEAM, PN 92400-02212-101, LT AND RT SIDES, IT WAS FOUND THAT BOTH OTBD BEARINGS WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. RT BEARING WAS SEIZED WITH NO VISIBLE INDICATIONS OF SEIZURE AND LT 1 WAS STIFF WITH RUST COMING OUT OF BEARING SEALS.SDR CA160119004Bearing · debonded(CAN) Y6-Y7 BELLCRANK BEARING FOUND DISBONDED.SDR CA160111011Bearing · debonded(CAN) WHILE DOING UNRELATED WORK AROUND THE AREA, IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THAT THE BELLCRANK Y9-Y10 WAS MOVED ALL THE WAY DOWN. NORMALLY THEY ARE CENTERED WITHIN THE ATTACHMENT POINT. THE BEARING IN THE BELLCRANK WAS DISBONDED AND COULD MOVE FREELY.SDR XJ2R2015102700001Piston · damagedROD END SIDE OF PISTON FACE WAS DAMAGED DUE TO MECHANIC NOT ALIGNING ROD END LOCK INTO PISTON LOCKS CORRECTLY.SDR CA150616002Bearing · rotated(CAN) BEARING WAS NOTICED TO BE ROTATING INSIDE HOUSING. PART WAS REMOVED & FOUND THAT BEARING WAS IMPROPERLY STAKED. PART WAS REPLACED WITH NEW PART.SDR CA150520017Control Tube · corroded(CAN) CORROSION FOUND NEAR END OF TUBE ASSY COMING THRU THE PAINT, PITTING BEYOND LIMITS, PART HAD TO BE REPLACED.SDR CA150520010Pin · sheared(CAN) TRAINING ACFT WITH DUAL CONTROLS AND AAI LOCKOUT PEDAL STC SH 96-92 INSTALLED. ON A TRAINING FLIGHT DURING AUTO ROTATION, ATTEMPTING POWER RECOVERY, TRAINEE HELD CONTROLS TIGHT WHILE TRAINING CAPTAIN ATTEMPTED TO INPUT FULL LEFT PEDAL. DURING PEDAL INPSDR CA150407008Bearing · migrated(CAN) DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE SPHERICAL BEARING INSTALLED IN SUPPORT ASSY, WAS FOUND TO HAVE MIGRATED AWAY FROM ITS DESIGNATED POSITION.SDR 2015FA0000343Bearing · looseLATERAL CONTROL ROD BEARINGS HAVE EXCESSIVE PLAY.SDR HDNA2014092600160Actuator · failedDUPLEX CYCLIC TRIM ACTUATOR FAILED INFLIGHT CAUSING UNWANTED FORCE TO CONTROLS.SDR 2014FA0000610Servo · bindingOVERHAULED SERVO INSTALLED FOR REPLACEMENT. PILOT REPORTED SLIGHT BINDING, NOT OPERATING SMOOTHLY, OF THE CYCLIC CONTROLS AFTER .8 HRS OF OPERATION WHEN COLLECTIVE "UP" INPUTS APPLIED. CYCLIC CONTROLS REACTED WITH FORWARD MOVEMENT. WHEN COLLECTIVE CONTROL MSDR CA140912007Support · cracked(CAN) DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE FOUND A CRACK ON THE CYCLIC LATERAL BELL CRANK SUPPORT. THE PART TSN IS UNKNOWN, HOWEVER THE ACFT TT IS 9012.2 HRS.SDR CA140221020Eyebolt · cracked(CAN) MPI OF EYEBOLT ASSEMBLIES AS PART OF 24 MONTH INSPECTION REQUIREMENT REVEALED CRACK INDICATION IN NON TYPICAL LOCATION ON 2 UNITS. CAD PLATE REMOVED FROM LOCAL AREAS AND MPI REINSPECTION CARRIED OUT. INDICATION REMAINED. MFG INFORMED OF PROBLEM THROUGSDR CA131119005Nut · failed(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED INSPECTION, A NUT WAS FOUND CRACKED. ON REMOVAL, THE NUT CAME APART IN TWO PIECES.SDR CA130912007Switch · failed(CAN) THE PILOT MADE A RADIO CALL AND THE SWITCH FAILED IN THE CLOSED, TRANSMIT, POSITION CAUSING THE VHF COM RADIO TO CONTINUOUSLY TRANSMIT. TURNED THE RADIO OFF AND RETURNED TO THE COMPANY BASE.SDR CA130812009Control Tube · loose(CAN) WHILE DOING A DAILY INSPECTION IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE COLLECTIVE CONTROL TUBE ASSY AND CLEVIS END WAS LOOSE WHERE THE CLEVIS IS THREADED AND BONDED INTO THE CONTROL TUBE. THE CONTROL TUBE WAS REPLACED WITH A SERVICABLE UNIT.SDR CA130405012Actuator · intermittent(CAN) ACTUATOR INTERMITTENT.SDR CA130207004Control Rod · failed(CAN) UPON INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT SEVERAL CONTROL RODS HAD END BEARINGS THAT WERE NOT PROPERLY SWAGED DURING THE MFG PROCESS.SDR CA130123002Screw · broken(CAN) WHILE WORKING CYCLIC MINIMUM FRICTION, THE NAS 1081C3A12 SET SCREW WAS FOUND BROKEN IN THE STICK ASSY. A BROKEN PORTION OF THE SET SCREW WAS FOUND LODGED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STICK ASSY. CONTROLS WHERE NOT AFFECTED.SDR CA121221010Actuator · malfunctioned(CAN) PILOT NOTICED ON PREFLIGHT GROUND CHECK THAT HIS N2 DROOP COMPENSATOR, BEEP RANGE, WAS WRONG, 103-94 PERCENT N2, INSTEAD OF REQUIRED 101-96 PERCENT AND NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE STAFF. MAINTENANCE RESET, BEEP RANGE AND INSTRUCTED PILOT TO CHECK AGAIN UPON RUSDR CA121010004Bearing · separated(CAN) THE PILOT NOTICED BINDING AND HEARD/FELT A CLUNK SOUND WHEN THE CYCLIC TRIM WAS MOVED OFF CENTER TO THE RT LATERAL DIRECTION. THIS APPARENTLY CONTINUED THROUGH THE SUMMER MONTHS, APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 250 HOURS. WHEN THE ACFT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR FACILITY FOSDR CA121004005Tube · broken(CAN) DURING FLIGHT THE PILOT FELT A RELEASE OF PRESSURE IN THE CYCLIC CONTROL AS HE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE AND TRIMMING THE CYCLIC AFT. AFTERWARDS HE WAS UNABLE TO ACTIVATE THE LONGITUDINAL TRIM ACTUATOR. HE FLEW BACK TO BASE AND UPON EXAMINATION OF THE TRIMSDR X1Y2012F00000Rod · failedSTABILIZER BAR DAMPER ROD, ROD END BEARING, PN 47-140-252-003, BECAME LOOSE IN ALUMINUM TUBE DUE TO RIVET WEAR AND LACK OF ADHESIVE ON ASSEMBLY. CONTROL ROD BEARING AND FITTNG MUST BE INSTALLED IAW SRM IAW MFG.SDR ALGA2012061802Retainer · corrodedRETAINER CORRODED BEYOND REPAIR LIMITS.SDR ALGA2012061801Retainer · corrodedRETAINER CORRODED BEYOND REPAIR LIMITS.SDR ALGA2012032200012Piston · erodedSERVO LOCKED UP FOUR TIMES ON FUNCTIONAL CHECK ON HYD BENCH. FOUND PLASMA COATING BROKE OFF SYS 1 AND 2 PISTONS. PLASMA WAS FOUND IN BOTH SYS BYPASS SPOOL, SLEEVES, AND PRIMARY CONTROL VALVES.SDR ALGA201203220011Piston · erodedSERVO LOCKED UP 4 TIMES ON FUNCTIONAL CHECK ON HYD BENCH. FOUND PLASMA COATING BROKE OFF SYS 1 AND 2 PISTONS. PLASMA WAS FOUND IN BOTH SYS BYPASS SPOOL, SLEEVES, AND PRIMARY CONTROL VALVES.
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